Page 45 of Her Paramedic
“Ladies, have a great day,” Slate said before leaving. He slid into his car and headed to Talia’s house.
Slate heard the front door close a few minutes after five and turned on the faucet. He knew it would only be a few seconds before she followed the rose petals and candles into her en suite. He added some essential oils and bubble bath to the bathtub and was proven correct when she appeared in the doorway.
“Baby, what’s all this?”
“This is me helping you get ready for tonight. Come here. Let me undress you.”
He undressed her, and when she stood naked before him, he couldn’t help but take her in. Recall everything he’d done to herthe previous weekend, things he was tempted to do then, but he knew they wouldn’t make it out of the house on time if he started. He helped her into the bathtub and told her to relax.
Slate grabbed his toiletry bag and went to the hall bathroom to shower. He’d made a reservation for dinner, and they would need to leave by six-thirty to be on time. He planned a relaxed evening since she had to go to work the following morning.
After his shower, he dried off, wrapped a towel around his waist, and returned to the bedroom where he moisturized and slipped into a pair of boxers before exiting the bedroom to blow out all the candles he’d lit along the hallway, and put them away. He’d bought them but had no need for them at his house, so he figured she’d like them. He cleaned up the rose petal trail in the hall, so it was out of the way when they returned later that night.
Slate cleaned up the petals in Talia’s room and gave her more time to relax before he went and got her.
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Talia hadn’t been expecting to see Slate on her birthday. To say she was surprised and excited was an understatement. She hadn’t planned anything since she’d thought she’d celebrated with him the previous weekend, and their friend group was celebrating the following weekend. It was sweet of him to bring her flowers and cupcakes to the salon.
She was even more surprised when she arrived home and saw the trail of rose petals and candles that started at the front door and led her into her en suite. Talia shouldn’t have been surprised by his thoughtful actions. She honestly had the best of both worlds because he treated her like a queen daily, regardless of where they were, and slutted her out in private. It was the bestrelationship she’d been in. She couldn’t have asked for anything better.
Talia enjoyed her soak. Her day hadn’t been stressful, but it was a nice way to end it and start the evening with her boyfriend. The bath was soothing, but after a while, she bathed. She didn’t know what he had planned and didn’t want to hold them up.
She had pulled the plug when Slate entered in a pair of boxers and grabbed a towel off the shelf. He helped her out of the tub and dried her off before wrapping it around her. He had her sit on the bed, chose one of the body creams she’d discovered was his favorite and rubbed it into her body. Talia couldn’t remember the last time, or if there had been a time when someone she was dating had done this for her.
“Where are we going tonight, baby? What should I wear?” she asked because she wanted to be sure she dressed appropriately.
She watched him walk over to a garment bag on the back of the closet door. He pulled out a jade colored dress with thin straps. Talia knew her black faux fur half coat would go well with it. It was a gorgeous dress that would stop under her knees.
“That’s pretty, baby.”
“I thought you’d like it. I might have snooped the last time I was here to ensure the size was correct,” Slate informed her.
Talia smiled at him. “I’m going to retouch my hair and makeup, and then I’ll get dressed.”
She grabbed a pair of black panties and a matching strapless bra and put them on before returning to the bathroom. She sprayed her natural curls and styled them to frame her face, then did minimal makeup touch-ups.
When she returned to the bedroom, Slate was standing in a pair of black slacks and shoes. She unzipped the back of the dress and stepped into it as he pulled a matching button-up from the garment bag.
“Will you zip me up, babe?”
He zipped the dress for her, kissing her shoulder when he had. She went to her closet to take out the heels and the faux fur coat she wanted to wear. Then she transferred some items from her purse into a clutch for the night. When they were both dressed, Talia pulled him over to the floor-length mirror against her wall to take a couple of pictures with her.
A Line call from Courtney cut their photoshoot short, and Talia smiled at the screen before answering.
“Hey, Courtney.”
“Happy birthday, sweetheart,” they replied.
“Thank you,” she responded. She’d gotten their and her dad’s messages when she’d woken up that morning. Because of the time difference and each of them working, she hadn’t expected a call from them until the weekend, but Courtney always seemed to surprise them.
“Do you have plans for the evening?” Courtney asked.
“Slate is taking me out.”
“Oh, he is, is he? I thought you celebrated your birthday and Valentine’s Day at the same time with him.”
“I thought I did too, but he came into town today and surprised me,” Talia informed, looking at her boyfriend through the mirror.
